Branson

Where Branson comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Branson.

  • 2 syllables
Branson through the years
  1. 1912
    First appearance
    #2,045 among boys with 7 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2014
    Peak, #674
    377 babies named Branson, the most in any year.
  3. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,222.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Branson in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.